A patriot dreams of freedom. And so do the people who came to the Shamrock Bowl on Independence Evening to honor America. They were Indian Americans, African Americans, Columbian Americans and Anglo Americans. But they were most of all, Americans united in the spirit of freedom, love of country a...

FLY ME TO THE MOON PLEASE Confessions of a Lunatic It is hard, if not impossible, for me to believe that it has been forty years since man first walked on the moon. If you are over the age of forty-five, you can remember the night when Neil Armstong took a giant leap for mankind. I do. I reme...

﻿WE WANT A NEW COUNTY! The New County Movement in East Central Georgia She was born with eight children. Over the next one hundred and forty-seven years, Georgia added at least one more per year until Peach County became the last Georgia county eighty five years ago this week. When the 20th Centu...

It’s about being part of a community. It’s a new way of envisioning the experience of interacting with your fellow citizens, and it’s centered around being a newspaper subscriber. The Courier Herald’s new website, launched on July 1, 2009, is for ALL subscribers. Yes, that’s right. Whethe...

VINCENT MAHONEY The Day The Words Died Words were the music of Vince Mahoney's life. He brilliantly composed them, thoughtfully analyzed them, and wove them into stories of the most glamorous movie stars of the early sound motion pictures to analyses of the most complex political issues of his ...

On July 1, The Courier Herald will be changing the format of our website and offering a full digital version of each day’s newspaper for online subscribers. This new version of the paper is exactly the same as the print edition, except that it is delivered to our online subscribers on their ...

MAJOR HERNDON CUMMINGS A Fighter For Freedoms This is a story of a Laurens County man who fought for the freedom of his country and the freedom of his people. Herndon Cummings was a member of what has collectively been called the "Tuskegee Airmen." Though he was not a part of the highly acclaimed...